TBM Cutters

Spalding Moor, Yorkshire and the Humberest. 1996tbmcutters.com

Buccaneer Works Holme Industrial, Estate Skiff Lane Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, YO43 4BB

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TBM Cutters Limited, a UK-based contract manufacturer with over 17 years of experience, specialises in the design, fabrication, and CNC machining of bespoke carbide-tipped cutters and wear solutions for Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) and related tunnelling equipment, building on prior mining expertise. Their extensive product range includes rippers, scrapers, buckets, nose cones, augers, CCP, PAP, and roller cutters, and they also offer modification services for existing cutting heads and equipment, acting as the UK agent for German Kolk Cutters. The company's versatile manufacturing facility is equipped for demanding production deadlines, offering design, fabrication, CNC and conventional machining, and secure storage. TBM Cutters aims to provide "Unexpected Solutions" for challenging cutting tasks, addressing issues like premature wear and offering replacements for destroyed cutters with products such as their HD Plug-in Rippers and specially designed saddle rippers, demonstrating their fabrication capabilities through custom component manufacturing.

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TBM Cutters Limited is a UK-based contract manufacturer with over 17 years of experience in the tunnelling industry, building on prior mining expertise. The company specialises in the design, fabrication, and CNC machining of bespoke carbide-tipped cutters and wear solutions for Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) and related tunnelling equipment.

Their extensive product range includes rippers, scrapers, buckets, nose cones, augers, CCP, PAP, and roller cutters, catering to a wide array of TBM types from leading manufacturers. TBM Cutters also offers modification services for existing cutting heads and equipment, and acts as the UK agent for German Kolk Cutters, supplying roller cutters and point attack picks. Their versatile manufacturing facility is equipped for demanding production deadlines, offering design, fabrication, CNC and conventional machining, and secure storage.

TBM Cutters aims to provide "Unexpected Solutions" for challenging cutting tasks, addressing issues like premature wear and offering replacements for destroyed cutters with products such as their HD Plug-in Rippers and specially designed saddle rippers. They have successfully manufactured custom components like a Caterpillar TBM segment lifting beam and HK bolt-on rippers, demonstrating their fabrication capabilities.

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CNC capability: Named machine brands · Tier-one builder presence · CAM software · Aerospace-grade CAM · CAD software · In-house design · Tolerance (typical) · Tolerance (tight) · Micro-machining · MOQ (minimum batch) · Lead time (weeks)

Materials & sectors: Materials · Industries served

Certifications & approvals: ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 · AS9100 · ISO 13485 · IATF 16949 · NADCAP · Primes supplied · ITAR registered

Welding & fabrication: Welding automation · Welding materials · Coded welding (any) · Fabrication sub-categories · EN 1090 EXC level

Quality & traceability: NDT methods · Part marking · Process traceability · CofC offered · Cleanroom assembly · 3D scanning · Industrial CT · In-house toolroom · FAIR capability (AS9102)

Services & production: In-house finishing · Repeat orders (Kanban / VMI)